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Education
Ph.D. Economics, Harvard University
A.M. Economics, Harvard University
B.A. With Highest Honors, Economics, San Diego State College
Additional Information
Jan Paul Acton, Vice President, is a recognized expert in the economics of electricity and other forms of energy, environmental economics, and telecommunications. Dr. Acton provides analysis, litigation support, and testimony for antitrust and competition analysis, restructuring and pricing matters, penalties and damages assessment, contract disputes, and cost allocation. Specific environmental experience includes cost and penalty analysis under Superfund, RCRA, and other statutes. Antitrust and competition analysis includes disputes over supply and pricing behavior in wholesale electricity markets as well as appropriate retail rates. His experience in the energy sector includes co-directing a large experiment with peak-load pricing in Los Angeles, which resulted in mandatory time-of-day electricity rates for large customers and optional rates for others, as well as studies of consumer demand for electricity and forecasts of electricity demand. He has testified frequently before regulatory and governmental bodies in the U.S. and Canada. He has published extensively in academic and other publications. Prior to joining CRA, he served as assistant director at the Congressional Budget Office and before that as senior economist at the RAND Corporation, where he directed the regulatory policies program and taught graduate microeconomics. | 